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Beekeeping /
Apiculture
By :
BIPIN KUMAR
MBA-1st
SEMESTER
BHU FMS
Background: what is beekeeping?
Beekeeping (or apiculture, from Latin: apis "bee") is
the maintenance of honey bee colonies,
commonly in hives, by humans.
Five products:
• Honey
• Beeswax
• Pollination
• Queen bees
• Packaged bees
A hive: “the birds and the
bees”?
• 50,000 female workers
• Hundreds of drones
• 1 queen
• And a beekeeper
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb/act3.html
Beekeeping Hives
.Fixed comb hives-A fixed comb hive is a hive in which
the combs cannot be removed or manipulated for
management or harvesting without permanently
damaging the comb.
•Modern beekeeping
•Movable frame hives-In the United States, the
Langstroth hive is commonly used. The Langstroth was
the first successful top-opened hive with movable
frames, and other designs of hive have been based
on it.
Diseases
 The common agents of disease that affect adult
honey bees include fungi, bacteria, protozoa,
viruses, parasites, and poisons.
http://momomax.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/honey-stop-fucking-with-the-environment/
History of beekeeping: evolution
• Bees’ ancestors evolved 207 to
220 million years ago
• Now: 22,000 species of bees
• Indian species-
• Apis indica
• Apis dorsata
• Apis florea
Honey Production Today: India
• India roughly produced 60000 metric tones (MT) of
natural honey. Around 26, 089.03 MT was exported
to 50 countries in 2013-2014
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23385633@N03/2803270650/in/set-72157606685957698/
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Apiculture

  • 1. Beekeeping / Apiculture By : BIPIN KUMAR MBA-1st SEMESTER BHU FMS
  • 2. Background: what is beekeeping? Beekeeping (or apiculture, from Latin: apis "bee") is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans. Five products: • Honey • Beeswax • Pollination • Queen bees • Packaged bees
  • 3. A hive: “the birds and the bees”? • 50,000 female workers • Hundreds of drones • 1 queen • And a beekeeper http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb/act3.html
  • 4. Beekeeping Hives .Fixed comb hives-A fixed comb hive is a hive in which the combs cannot be removed or manipulated for management or harvesting without permanently damaging the comb. •Modern beekeeping •Movable frame hives-In the United States, the Langstroth hive is commonly used. The Langstroth was the first successful top-opened hive with movable frames, and other designs of hive have been based on it.
  • 5. Diseases  The common agents of disease that affect adult honey bees include fungi, bacteria, protozoa, viruses, parasites, and poisons. http://momomax.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/honey-stop-fucking-with-the-environment/
  • 6. History of beekeeping: evolution • Bees’ ancestors evolved 207 to 220 million years ago • Now: 22,000 species of bees • Indian species- • Apis indica • Apis dorsata • Apis florea
  • 7. Honey Production Today: India • India roughly produced 60000 metric tones (MT) of natural honey. Around 26, 089.03 MT was exported to 50 countries in 2013-2014 http://www.flickr.com/photos/23385633@N03/2803270650/in/set-72157606685957698/